Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3621 Sept 29- Oct 13 2017 | Page 26

24 Sept. 29 - Oct. 13, 2017 FRESHWATER showing on the Sacramento, but the number of big fish seems to be on the rise right now. Whether you hit the Sac or the Feather technique is about the same. Fish Flatfish for the first hour or so and then switch over to roe,” he added. RIO VISTA Trollers Battle Sacramento River Stripers RIO VISTA - Striped bass fishing continued to provide excellent action, while others have seen an upswing in salmon success. Anglers trolling along the west bank of the Sacramento River continued to find a mixture of schoolie and larger striped bass, according to Craig Kamikawa at Fisherman’s Warehouse in Sacramento. “The change of the tides have been the best right now as the weeds are still clearing out from the bigger tides last week. Some guys Adam Harleman tempted this incredible chrome are up shallow trolling along the bright salmon with a T-55 Flatfish while fishing the breaks, and some guys are trolling off Sacramento River with Mike Bogue on September 2. the break in deeper water. Both are Photo courtesy of MIKE BOGUE’S GUIDE SERVICE, working,” he tipped. Redding. “If you want to bait fish, you’re still going to get a 50/50 chance of finding calm winds. Nighttime is generally FRESHWATER REPORTS: less windy. I’d check out 20-30 feet deep CONTINUED FROM PG 22 between Sherman Island, Decker Island and Collinsville,” he added. “Guys trolling for salmon are finding a REDDING/RED BLUFF cont. couple from about Isleton up to the Locke fishing the Feather because the action is in Walnut Grove. Silvertron spinners are red hot over there, but I expect to be fishing working the best with either 50/50 silver and the Sacramento soon when the Feather chartreuse or double chartreuse. The tide bite slows.” switch during the mornings this week has “There have been lots of smaller salmon been really good,” Kamikawa said. Sturgeon fishing was slow, but Kamikawa related to a brewing bite in the Pittsburg area. “It won’t be long until those fish start creeping up into Rio Vista.” - Roland Aspiras ROLLINS/SCOTTS FLAT LAKE Early Morning Bassers Score At Rollins! COLFAX - Despite warm weather and plenty of recreational boaters, anglers are catching fish at Rollins and Scotts Flat Reservoirs. Bass and catfish offer the best action. ìI caught a nice bass at Rollins Lake this week. It was a spotted bass that weighed 3.65 pounds,î disclosed Jason Pleece of Meadow Vista. ìI was working a Yo-Zuri Banana Boat walking bait over deep water in the Bear River Arm.î ìOverall I’ve been getting quite a few bass while fishing Rollins early in the morning. Banana Boats and Rapalas have been working the best for me. Most of the bass I’ve been catching are smallmouths in the 10 to 12 inch class, but there are some bigger spots mixed in,î added Pleece. At Scotts Flat, anglers continue to catch bass on topwater baits early and late. During the daylight hours plastic worms and Senkos can pay off provided you fish slowly. The big news at Scotts has been the catfish bite. Whiskerfish to 2 pounds are being caught near the dam on ‘crawlers, mackerel strips and pieces of hotdog. - Cal Kellogg SACRAMENTO AREA Target Catfish Until The Salmon Arrive SACRAMENTO - Until the salmon fishing picks up on the Sacramento River, your top prospect is to target catfish in the metropolitan area. “If I was going to fish for channel cats, I would head over to the Sutter Bypass,” said Dennis Phanner at Sacramento Pro Tackle. “Fish around the pumping stations with chicken livers, mackerel and other baits. I’d also bring a bucket of minnows and try for crappie at the same spots.” VOL.36 • ISS. 21 Another place to target catfish is Port of Sacramento and Barge Canal near the locks. Fish mackerel and chicken liver for fish averaging 12 to 16 inches long. “The salmon and striper fishing are slow,” stated Jimmy Perez at Broadway Bait Rod 7 Gun. “My latest couple of trips for salmon and stripers on the Sacramento near the foot of Sutterville Road produced only shaker stripers and no salmon. We haven’t weighed in any fish at the shop over the past couple of weeks:” “I saw a couple of guys each carrying a salmon in the 10 lb. class from the Minnow Hole the other day,” reported Craig Kamikawa at Fisherman’s Warehouse. “They hooked the fish while throwing out Mepps Flying C spinners.” - Dan Bacher SAN PABLO RESERVOIR Warm Water Species Dominate The Fishing EL SOBRANTE - Until the water cools down, catfish, crappie and black bass will provide the top fishing at San Pablo Reservoir. The lake level is 309.4 feet in elevation and the surface water temperature is 80 degrees. Anglers should employ chicken liver, anchovies or nightcrawlers to hook the channel cats. Erik Larsen of Napa topped the catches with a 5.44 lb catfish taken while using chicken liver in Scow Canyon, reported Marcella Shoemaker at the Rocky Mountain Recreation Company. Target the crappie with redworms, Crappie Nibbles or Atomic Teasers. For largemouth and spotted bass, use a Berkeley plastic worm in watermelon candy and black motor oil with a Gamakastu off- set shank hook. SANTA CLARA VALLEY LAKES Toss Top Water Lures For Early Fall Largemouths COYOTE - Anglers making use of reaction baits early in the mornings continue to find good numbers of black bass while others target bluegill and catfish. Reaction baits including top water baits These anglers hit Stampede Reservoir on August 31 and rounded up limits of quality kokanee to 16 inches. Photo courtesy of TIGHT LINES GUIDE SERVICE, Penryn.